UV ozone is antiquated technology that uses more electricity, dies faster, and doesn't save you as much in chemicals as either CD Ozone or UV-C sterilization. Let us eliminate the weakest method: UV OZONE. Both are "UV", both are light bulb technology, but result is quite different. One creates UV ozone, and one creates UV-C sterilization. UV ozone and UV-C both come from light bulbs, but one has a shorter wavelength. Producing low levels of ozone, these UV ozone generators don't live very long (9,000 hours). UV ozone is mild and virtually ineffective in most cases (with the exception being DELZONE UV generators which are no longer available). Again, ozone is made either with UV or CD generation. Not happy in this state, they quickly reform as oxygen (O2) OR a single atom attaches to an oxygen molecule, making an ozone molecule (O3). Imagine up in the Upper Atmosphere, ozone is naturally created when the UV rays from the sun or the "energy fields of light" split the passing-by oxygen molecules into two single atoms. There are two basic ways to generate ozone for pool and spa use: Ultra Violet Rays (think sunshine) and Corona Discharge (think lightning bolt). Simply put ozone is O3, or activated oxygen. UV in hot tubs and pools, we first need to clarify (pun intended) what Ozone and UV mean.
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